Robo1 and Robo2 have distinct roles in pioneer longitudinal axon guidance

Developmental Biology

Volumn 358, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 181-188

  Kim, Minkyung ^a   Roesener, Andrew P ^a   Mendonca, Philipe R F ^a   Mastick, Grant S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Floor plate; Hindbrain; Longitudinal axon; Robo; Slit

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR 1; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EMBRYO; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL NERVE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 80052632680     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.07.025     Document Type: Article

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